Adhar card

Unless   Govt.   declares    it  as  address  proof,  then  how   it  can   be??

Most people have tendency to get attracted and fascinated by anything new. Dangers and risks are far more than the apparent "benefits" of "Aadhar" card. Getting an UID(Aadhar) Card is best avoided due to various possible risks to freedom, privacy and liberty which most people cannot even imagine today. Similar project was undertaken by Hitler to trap the people in his game. All democracies like USA, UK and Australia have scrapped similar projects due to inherent dangers. It is really mystifying why Indian government wants to do something that has been discarded by other nations due to its risks. Please read detailed discussions below:

1) https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/forum/Re-Eminent-Personalities-against-UNIQUE-Identity-Numbers-UID--25042.asp

2) https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/forum/Re-UID-Aadhaar-37332.asp

3) https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/forum/Re-Netgrid-NIA-and-outside-the-purview-of-the-RTI-39464.asp

hey thanks a lot. Good to see a different perspective to this UID card.

thats rite but this card is introduced by the Govt and Govt is not supposed to enter the details of a citizen on its card without proper verification. Then why the Govt should not accept it as a address proof for various purpose.

In order to get answer to your question, you will have to go into deeper legality of the matter, after reading this https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/forum/Re-Eminent-Personalities-against-UNIQUE-Identity-Numbers-UID--25042.asp

• Constitutionality of this project, including in the matter of privacy, the relationship between the state and the people, security and other fundamental rights.

Questions have been raised which have not been addressed so far, including those about –

• Undemocratic process: UIDAI was set-up via a GoI notification as an attached office of the Planning Commission without any discussion or debate in the Parliament or civil society. In the year and a half of its inception, the Authority has signed MoUs with virtually all states and UTs, LIC, Petroleum Ministry and many banks. In July, the Authority circulated the draft NIA Bill (to achieve statutory status); the window for public feedback was two weeks. Despite widespread feedback and calls for making all feedback public, the Authority has not made feedback available. Further in direct contravention to the process of public feedback, the NIA Bill was listed for introduction in the Lok Sabha 2010 monsoon session.

• Convergence, by which those with access to state power, as well as companies, could collate information about each individual with the help of the UID number.

National IDs have been abandoned in the US, Australia and the newly-elected British government. The reasons have predominantly been: costs and privacy. If it is too expensive for the US with a population of 308 million, and the UK with 61 million people, and Australia with 21 million people, it is being asked why India thinks it can prioritise its spending in this direction. In the UK, the Home Secretary explained that they were abandoning the project because it would otherwise be `intrusive bullying’ by the state, and that the government intended to be the `servant’ of the people, and not their `master’. Is there a lesson in it for us? In the late nineties, the Supreme Court of Philippines struck down the President’s Executive Order A.O 308 which instituted a biometric based national ID system calling it unconstitutional on two grounds – the overreach of the executive over the legislative powers of the congress and invasion of privacy. The same is applicable in India – UIDAI has been constituted on the basis of a GoI notification and there is a fundamental risk to civil liberties with the convergence of UID, NATGRID etc.

There's a serious medical problem also about the iris scan.It cause tumors in the eye and affects the retina severely. Iris scan has been dropped in the west and replaced by Facial recognition. In any case these smart cards seriously encroach upon privacy,libery ,fundamental rights of citizens.

Aadhar is not mandatory.

Regards,

Vicky Shah